The Trail Fire of 1961: Toledo Firefighting's Deadliest Disaster | Full Film

[@amyh8046]

Thank you for preserving history and honoring those that died including my grandfather, William Genson Sr.

[@AlanToon-fy4hg]

Great program. This is exactly the kind of content public media should produce.

[@jimtrack3786]

Very true.

[@explorecriminalminds]

I agree. Not Government Propaganda, that's not what America needs.

[@kimberlyokeeffe5360]

I have no words to express my sorrow at the lose of life and the impact it has to this day. I also want to add that this incident had a profound effect on fuel tanker safety in the years going forward. I work for a company that transports fuels and we offer free training on our tankers to any fire department that asks. I've attended several and the fire personal always express how this is something that they wish was offered by other transportation companies.

[@nancyaustin9516]

Wow. I hope one thing people take away from this is that we, as average citizens, often underestimate the danger of these situations and get too close in order to rubberneck. Even a car fire can is something to get well away from.

[@edjohnston2363]

Thank you all firefighters for all you do, may you all come home safe and triumphant!!!!!

[@danielthompson2238]

Because of accidents like this many safety improvements have been made over the decades. Unfortunately these brothers died in the line of duty. But they were not lost in vain. Today’s firefighters train for stuff like this all the time. We lose roughly 100 firefighters a year, mostly to vehicle accidents and heart attacks. You’ll be surprised how many firefighters die hours after fires because of cardiac issues. I love watching old films like this because I realize know as a firefighter how things have improved over the years. God bless those men.

[@newshodgepodge6329]

I (born in '72) have heard stories about this from a few people. This is the first time I've ever seen a full report about it. Edited to fix a fat fingers typo

[@newshodgepodge6329]

No words, just 🙏🏻

[@Bo-hb3eo]

Wow! This is so sad. I consider Toledo my home town. My dad was born and raised there. I would’ve only been three years old when this happened. But he was in the army and we were in Fort Knox Kentucky. I never knew about this. So tragic, in so many ways. Rest in peace, dear souls that were lost. We sure had some amazing people back in the day. Let’s hope we still do.

[@jimurrata6785]

1272 is pine oil, 1203 is gasoline

[@johnoneill5661]

You have to be a special type of person to be a fire fighter.They run in when everyone else is running out.

[@CITYNEWSSUPPORT]

Great presentation!

[@X94Caz]

True hero's, they battled the fire and unfortunately lost, but their sacrifice taught the world a lesson that still stands today. Blevie fires are the worst.

[@suzylarry1]

God blessed all these firemen and allowed future fires be understood a little better, Lessons were learned and to this day lessons are still being learned with less victims thankfully.

[@Shield.148]

RIP Brothers.

[@xeutoniumnyborg1192]

Pretty certain this incident is why gasoline tanker trailer tanks are now double walled.

[@JohnM1774]

Rest in Peace My Brothers

[@tomshiba51]

I was very young and living between Glendale and Heatherdowns. Mom, my brothers, and sisters could see the smoke from our back yard. Fairly sure we listened to ongoing reports on WSPD, AM 1370, as it happened.

[@robertscutt2904]

I Was A Young Man Of Nineteen Years, And Never Heard About This Tragedy, In Toledo Ohio. 🙏 God ✝️ Have Mercy On Their Courageous Souls. 🙏🏿 I Photograph A Huge Tanker Fire 🔥 In 1994, On The Traffic Loop Of The L I E, Leading Into The B Q E. At The Foot Of The Kosciuszko, Bridge, A Gasoline Tanker. Flipped On Its Left Side, Trapping The Chauffeur In The Cab. It Was Immediately Engulfed In Flames. 🔥 A FDNY 🚑 Ambulance. Was On The Scene, I Watched A Man Trying Get Up On The Cab, To Pull Out The Driver, But The Heat And Flames Were Unbearable, The Tanker Compartments, Started To Pop 💥 Pop 💥Pop,🔥 One At A Time, From Just Behind The Cab. I Was About Two Hundred And Twenty Yards From This Inferno, 🔥 My Face Got Hot And My Eyebrows Were Singed. I Noticed To The Right Engine 🚒Company 259, Pulling Up. I Was Photographing With Hot Film Camera. 📸, In A Matter Of Minutes. There Were Ten Or Twelve Companies, At That Box. Some Firefighters At That Job, Perished In The World Trade Center. 911. Tragedy, And Today, They're Still Dying From The Toxic Effects. 🙏God Have Mercy🙏🏿 On All Our Firefighters And First Responders. 🙏🏿 👨‍🚒🧑🏼‍🚒👨🏾‍🚒👩‍🚒 🚗 🚒 🚒🇺🇲 🚑 👮🏼‍♂️👮🏾🚔👮🏼‍♂️👮🏼‍♀️👮🏼‍♂️👮🏽‍♀️🚔 🙏Sincere Patriot ⚔Semper Fi. ⚔ Do Or Die. 🇺🇲 Capeesh 🤺🤺🤺🤺🇺🇲

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

What are you blabbing about. Do you really think people will read a comment full of nonsense and emoji. Probably another stupid AI comment 🙄🙄🙄

[@donlowe7530]

🙏 RIP Brothers

[@ricksadler797]

God bless

[@WhocaresWhy44]

Failure Analysis. The "Oh Shit discipline!" evolves all the time. NIFPA Diamonds on Commercial buildings and private where Oxygen is present have no doubt saved countless lives. An aerial unit would have been a godsend in 61.

[@billcochran6374]

Is that Troy McClure doing the narration?

[@rolfsinkgraven]

A very bad one, RIP.

[@davidgarris2513]

This is why Oshkosh,Pierce, ward, Lafrance, Spartan, build what they do best. Not sure if they're all still in business but you get the idea. No other country builds the insane engines like we do. ... Thank you to the people that put your lives in danger. Sincerely, David Jonathan Garris Esquire Ret Warner Bros Chicago 🐾🐾🐕

[@canlib]

Sad. Dangerous job but somebody has to do it.

[@chucklaw1955]

RIP!

[@mariekatherine5238]

The reaction of the men reminds me of 911. Everyone looks out for everyone else as well as themselves. The Captain Alfieri thinks also of his soul, “Get me a priest.” The chaplain came at once to give Last Rites.

[@flawedexistence]

I'll admit to being shocked that hazmat was allowed to be transported in doubles. Surely, even in 1961, that potential danger of hauling a flammable substance in such an unsafe configuration was known. EDIT: As a First Responder, "curious bystanders" infuriate me. I do not understand why those who aren't required to want to watch a disaster unfolding. Get to safety and watch the news later. Ghouls.

[@WhocaresWhy44]

John D Rockefeller was spared from the Ashtabula rail disaster. He missed his train. The irony. Standard Oil of Ohio.

[@pennytill5183]

With all those burns did Toledo become a burn center. I know this often happens after such a catastroph. ( Ie Galveston)

[@jessicalpowell1]

Nope. They would fly you to university of Michigan or Cleveland clinic . Both are extremely close by helicopter.

[@stephensmith1794]

Is this where the saying Holy Toledo came from ?

[@sf-jim8885]

At the risk of being pedantic, I'd like to point out that Super 8 film wasn't introduced by Kodak until 1965.

[@HFarms1955]

Im retired, 24 years in the fire service. RIP my brothers!! Never fought a inferno like this. Sure looked like HELL ON EARTH!

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

Amateur quality audio and production

[@flawedexistence]

You really missed the point of the video. The incident happened in 1960. There were no bystanders with cellphones. No helmet cams. No CCTV. Just scene photography. Did you really want to see burning firefighters and burned children?? Maybe the Dark Web is what you are looking for.

[@CKGriff]

Sound like a hater bud

[@WhocaresWhy44]

Fantastic a BLEVE? Was that term used then.

[@sturmovik1274]

According to Wikipedia, the term was coined in 1957 but didn't become common until the early 70s.

[@ritirons2726]

Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

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[@sturmovik1274]

No ads for me.

[@boblordylordyhowie]

What I don't get about a lot of fire videos we see, is why do the "experts" pour water onto fires we know should be dowsed with foam? Recently the Luton Airport fire, it is an airport, yet they didn't deploy the foam trucks, they used water that spread the fuel. Apparently since 911, American firefighters have a hero complex where they run into danger without thinking about the safety issues, although most of the videos I have seen they take their time until the fire is much worse before they tackle it.

[@ritirons2726]

To start, we’re watching an incident that occurred in 1961. While firefighting foam was available most municipal fire departments then, and still to this day, do not carry enough foam to combat a fire of this size. It’s not uncommon to allow a fire to burn and consume all the available fuel rather than begin foam operations they cannot be sustained for the entire duration of the incident. For those that don’t know, foam is predominantly water. The “foam” we see comes from concentrate that is mixed with the water as it discharges from the nozzle. Gasoline is a hydrocarbon, so in this case foam would be applied at 3% concentrate, or 97% water. The other reason for massive amounts of water use is to cool the tanks, not necessarily extinguish the fire. The intent is to cool the tanks to prevent the boiling liquid from converting to vapor and over pressurizing the container, causing an explosion. Obviously in this case, that didn’t happen in time. I don’t know about the airport incident you referenced but again, the foam used at an airport is no different the the foam used on a highway incident, they just have a much larger amount. At aircraft incidents, the first priority is to clear a path for the people evacuating the aircraft by keeping the fire away from their path of egress. Foam is not necessarily needed to accomplish that. And to finish, not every incident commander approaches a fire the same way. Some departments are very aggressive and go immediately to work on arrival, but others choose to make sure all the “bases” are covered before taking any actions. Some departments have strong leadership that know exactly what is to be accomplished and at which time, where others do not. However, I do have to agree that many departments do leave a lot to be desired once arriving on scene.

[@briankistner4331]

Sorry to sound mean. The most firemen lost??? Toledo lost 69. FDNY on 911 lost close to 400. EDIT: When was this made? If before 911, my apologies for what I said.

[@ireneopp5603]

This happened in 1961 and was Toledos worst

[@notlisted-cl5ls]

meh. a mishap today.

[@davidrogers6287]

What. I hope you are joking.